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The  Flag  of  sec 
Conf  Pam  #733 


THE  FLAG  of  SECESSION. 

Tune — "  Star  Spangled  Banner." 

Oh,  say  can't  you  see  by  the  dawn's  early  light 

What  you  yesterday  held  to  be  vaunting  and  dreaming, 
The  Northern  men  routed,  Abe  Lincoln  in  flight. 
And  the  palmetto  flag  o'er  the  Capitol  streaming, 
The  pumpkins  for  fare, 
The  foul  fetid  air, 
Gave  proof  through  the  night  that  the  Yankees  were  there, 
Now  the  flag  of  secession  in  triumph  doth  wave 
O'er  the  land  of  the  freed  and  the  home  of  the  brave. 

'Midst  the  dust  that  is  raised  by  the  fugitives'  feet, 

His  acts  of  coercion  now  bitterly  rueing, 
See  the  Rail  Splitter  running  in  panting  retreat, 
And  gallant  Virginia  in  laughter  pursuing  ; 
Now  he  catches  a  beam 
Of  the  bayonet's  fierce  gleam, 
And  he  hurries  away  with  a  jump  and  a  scream ; 
And  the  flag  of  secession  in  triumph  doth  wave 
O'er  the  land  of  the  freed  and  the  home  of  the  brave. 

But  where  is  the  despot  who  came  to  our  soil, 

In  the  garb  of  the  soldier — his  minions  disguising. 
And  shewed  them  our  fields  and  our  homes  as  their  spoil, 
We  only  can  say  that  his  speed  is  surprizing  ; 
O'er  the  fences  he  made 
When  that  was  his  trade, 
He  has  leapt  in  his  fears  from  our  vision  to  fade; 
And  the  flag  of  secession  in  triumph  doth  wave 
O'er  the  land  of  the  freed  and  the  home  of  the  brave. 

Oh,  such  is  the  welcome  the  Southron  bestows 

On  the  minions  who  strive  to  make  slaves  of  a  nation. 
We've  a  hand  for  our  friends  but  the  sword  for  our  foes, 
And  the  charge  of  our  soldiers  in  fierce  exultation ; 
Then  again  to  the  fight, 
And  God  for  the  right, 
And  the  Northmen  shall  shrink  from  our  warrior's  might. 
And  the  flag  of  secession  in  triumph  shall  wave 
O'er  the  land  of  the  freed,  but  the  home  of  the  brave. 


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